Project Director, Electrical (35525)

Position Summary

The Project Director, Electrical provides senior leadership for a portfolio of large, complex electrical construction projects, directing construction, project management, and project administration activities. This position holds overall accountability for budgets, schedules, quality, safety, and profitability across assigned projects, builds executive-level client relationships, and contributes to the development of corporate policies and strategic goals in support of the CEC mission.

Key Responsibilities

• Direct operations across a portfolio of large, complex electrical projects, including client management, procedures, financial reporting, and workforce planning and analysis.
• Maintain accountability for budgets, schedules, quality, safety, and profitability on all assigned projects.
• Build and sustain executive-level relationships with owners, general contractors, and key clients to drive repeat and new business.
• Lead pursuit efforts, including presentations, interviews, and networking events, to secure new work.
• Lead change order and contract negotiations with clients, and resolve escalated customer issues.
• Manage Strategic Partner subcontractor and vendor relationships, dealing fairly and professionally and verifying timely payment.
• Ensure each project begins with a documented start-up meeting and ends with a documented close-out meeting, including verified project data sheets and photos (with client permission).
• Conduct monthly project reviews with project teams to confirm adherence to schedule, quality, safety, administration, and profitability.
• Oversee financial reporting, tracking, and monthly projections of labor, material, job expense, and changes for each assigned project.
• Direct the development of project-specific schedules of values that maintain positive cash flow.
• Assign personnel to projects by matching available, qualified staff to project needs.
• Mentor and develop project managers, project executives, and superintendents, managing workloads and building client development skills.
• Support project managers and superintendents in resolving complex issues and requests.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of corporate policies, procedures, and strategic goals.
• Perform other duties as needed to support projects, operations, and the department.

Qualifications

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management or a related field preferred, with a high school diploma required.
• 12+ years of project management experience in electrical construction, including leadership of large, complex projects
• 8+ years leading, managing, and developing teams for large, complex construction sites, project management personnel,
• Expert knowledge of construction technology, scheduling, equipment, and methods required.
• Demonstrated success in business development, winning projects, and building executive-level client relationships.

Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrated ability to serve as a trusted advocate for owners and to build both a team and a building.
• Utmost personal integrity, with the ability to create and lead a culture of collaboration, internally and externally, that upholds the reputation of CEC.
• Extensive knowledge of safety protocols and procedures.
• Proven people management, process management, and performance management skills.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects and changing priorities under time pressure with a positive attitude.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Self-motivated and proactive, with the ability to interact professionally with employees at all levels, vendors, clients, and others.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, etc.) and Accubid.
• Current and valid driver’s license and clean driving record.

Work Environment and Physical Demands

This job operates in a clerical office setting. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, and filing cabinets.

• Requires mobility within an office environment.
• Regularly required to talk and hear. Effectively communicate with others both written and orally, including using the telephone.
• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• May require travel.
• The employee may be required to walk; reach with hands and arms; and bend.
• May be required to stoop, kneel, and crouch. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.
• Possess good hearing, normal or corrected.
• The employee must be able to regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• The employee may be required to climb stairs.
• Must be able to work 8 hours a day, 40 hours per week, and overtime as required and night or weekend shifts, as needed.

CEC Facilities, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to attracting and retaining the best-qualified individuals, regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply.